IMPACT OF DIABETES DURATION ON CORONARY ATHEROMA BURDEN IN PATIENTS WITH LOW TO INTERMEDIATE PRETEST PROBABILITY FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: EVALUATION BY CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHY
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48047/Keywords:
Coronary Artery Disease; Coronary Atheroma Burden; Coronary CT Angiography; Diabetes; Pretest Probability.Abstract
Background: The risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) and CAD events is increased in
those with diabetes mellitus (DM). When compared to individuals without diabetes, type
2 diabetics have a two- to four-fold higher risk of cardiovascular events. Aim: To use
optical coherence tomography angiography to evaluate DM duration as a predictor of
coronary atherosclerosis in patients presenting by chest pain with low to intermediate pretest probability (PTP). Methods: This was a cohort observational study that used
coronary CT angiography to assess the relationship between DM duration and coronary
atherosclerosis in individuals presenting with low to intermediate PTP and chest pain.
Depending on the length of DM, patients were divided into three equal groups: Group A
with DM duration is less than five years, Group B with DM duration is five to ten years,
and Group C with DM duration is more than ten years.
